age, as speculated by Zecharia Sitchin in his now
legendary work: The
12 th Planet , this would account for the scant vegetation; and for the
apparent lack of rain in some areas. 85 The “mist that flowed from
the ground” was probably due to the irrigation devices of the Elohim!
When they turned off the
water, man had to subsist on whatever he could find growing in the wild.
Even the Gods Were Terrified of the Flood
Utnapishtim related to Gilgamesh that he brought aboard the “seeds
of life,” his family, his
kinsmen, and the craftsmen who helped him construct the ark. 86 (It is much more believable that
mankind could have refurbished itself with all these people,
rather than the handful mentioned in the
Bible). He then described how a thick, black cloud rolled in from
the horizon. It thundered as it
brought in the storm. Daylight was turned to darkness, and “the
land was smashed like a cup.” One
whole day the tempest raged, gathering fury as it went. “It poured
over the people like a battle.” A man
could not see his brother, nor the people be seen from Heaven.”
The gods also, were terrified by the
monstrous flood. They fled to the highest Heaven, the firmament,
or planet of Anu.” 87
The
gods wept when they saw what was happening to the inhabitants of Earth. For six
days and
nights the winds blew, the torrents, tempest and floods
overwhelmed the world. When at last the Flood
was stilled, Utnapishtim,
safe in the ark, observed that “all mankind had turned to clay, and the surface
of the sea stretched flat
as a rooftop.” After the last of the raging waters subsided, the gods returned
to
planet earth. They were
saddened by the horrible destruction of mankind, but relieved to find that a
remnant had somehow
survived. 88 The goddess Ishtar swore to Heaven that she would never
forget those
days, as she and the other gods gathered around the sacrifice set
out by Utnaphistim, The god Enlil,
amazed at the resourcefulness of the mortal Utnapishtim, rewarded
him and his wife with eternal life.
The gods declared that never again would they allow man to be
destroyed by water. 89
From a practical standpoint the Elohim must have realized that
they needed mankind’s help in
rebuilding the drowned planet. Thus, the survivors of mankind’s
deadliest holocaust were told by their
extraterrestrial creators to look for the “bow” of God among the
clouds, as an eternal symbol to remind
man of the promise of the Elohim. A promise that never again, will
earth be destroyed by a global Flood
- perhaps a hint at future plans for them to someday remove man
from the unstable earth before another
pole shift occurs. (Genesis 9:16).
What
can we conclude from the diverse Flood legends? Though the details are often
different,
they all describe one basic calamity. It would be a bit naive to
believe that all these stories were derived
from the biblical tale,
since even it had Mesopotamian precursors. As people migrated from
Mesopotamia after the
Flood, they must have carried the record of the occurrence with them. This
undoubtedly, planted the
seeds for some of these stories. 90
Others May Have Survived the Flood
In
all probability, Noah and his people were not the only survivors. It is
possible that handfuls
of humans here and there managed to survive the Deluge, and passed
their experiences down to their
descendants. Since the biblical account was most likely drawn from
Mesopotamian chronicles, it is
likely that the Mesopotamians were unaware that others scattered
about the globe had actually survived.
To them Atra-Hasis (Utnapishtim), and his people were the “only”
survivors. Heraclitus of Ephesus,
(540-475 B. C.), reported that earth conflagration destroyed the
earth every 10,800 years. This is
equivalent to three orbits of Nibiru (3,600 x 3 = 10,800).
Apparently,
the polar ice
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